John Dickinson

Gebundenes Buch

Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson

Volume 4, 1767-1769 Volume 4

Herausgeber: Calvert, Jane E

Beschreibung

In 1767, John Dickinson began publishing his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, which earned him international celebrity as the leader of the American resistance to Britain. This volume documents the overwhelming public response around the Atlantic World to these writings. It also includes his notes from fascinating legal cases and correspondence related to his courtship of Mary Norris.

Autor

JANE E. CALVERT is a historian of early American intellectual history and the foremost expert on John Dickinson. She founded the John Dickinson Writings Project (JDP) in 2010 after publication of Quaker Constitutionalism and the Political Thought of John Dickinson (2009). Most recently, she published Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson (2024), made possible by the work of the JDP. JOHN DICKINSON (November 8, 1732-February 14, 1808) is known as the "Penman of the Revolution." He served as a delegate for Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress (1774-1776) and later as a delegate from Delaware in the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Delaware Press
• Seitenzahl: 657
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2026
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781644534038
• ISBN-10: 1644534037
• Artikelnr.: 73874309